The Counterterrorism Handbook: Tactics, Procedures, and Techniques, Third Edition (Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations)

Frank Bolz Jr.; Kenneth J. Dudonis; David P. Schulz

ISBN 10: 0849330238 / ISBN 13: 9780849330230

Editore: CRC Press, 2005

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Riassunto:

On September 11, 2001, the world was put on notice: terrorism can strike anytime…anywhere…anyone. You are told to go about your daily life - but to be vigilant of your surroundings. You are told that trying to do a cursory profile on potential terrorists is futile because their commonality goes deeper than the surface. With this in mind, what do you look for in a potential situation, how do you prepare, how do you protect?

Written by experts who have years of experience in the field, The Counterterrorism Handbook: Tactics, Procedures, and Techniques, Third Edition is an invaluable resource for those who recognize that preparation is the best defense in the War on Terror. Revised and expanded to reflect information obtained since the September 11th attacks, this latest edition provides an understanding of the strategies, tactics, and techniques required to counter terrorism as it exists today. It illustrates essential topics such as the elements common to all terrorism, bomb threats, risk assessment, hostage situations, and weapons of mass destruction.

Find out what's new in the third edition as it:
§ Provides a closer look at what transpired during and after the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
§ Discusses the current state of WMDs, including threats from chemical and biological agents and those posed by nuclear weapons.
§ Divulges the latest modes of domestic terrorism, including cyber-terrorism and eco-terrorism
§ Discloses the latest information on what's going on with Homeland Security
§ Covers recent INS laws as they relate to terrorist activity and how they effect homeland security

Contenuti: FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

WHAT IS TERRORISM; WHO ARE TERRORISTS; WHAT DO THEY DO?
§ New Game
§ Global War on Terrorism
§ Meaning of Terrorism
§ What is Terrorism?
§ A Brief History of Terrorism
§ Terrorism as a Political Statement
§ The Nature of Terrorism
§ Characteristics of Terrorism
§ Financial Terrorism
§ Terrorist Actions
§ Other Terrorist Actions
§ Intimidation and Threats
§ Disinformation and Propaganda
§ Assassination
§ Notes

COMMON ELEMENTS OF TERRORISM
§ Purpose of Terrorism
§ Modern Terrorist Groups
§ Why Terrorists Succeed
§ Counterterrorist Response
§ Weapons of Mass Destruction
§ Role of the Military
§ Homeland Defense
§ Implementation of Homeland Defense
§ Organizing Homeland Defense
§ Task Force Initiatives
§ Local Law Enforcements Capabilities
§ Local Significance
§ Private Sector Cooperation

TERRORISM DEFENSE PLANNING
§ Introduction to Risk Assessment
§ Security Advisory System
§ Structuring a Preincident Plan
§ Information-Gathering
§ Target Analysis
§ Organization
§ Training
§ Terrorist Tactics
§ Risk Analysis
§ Risk Avoidance
§ Hostage/Kidnap Defense
§ Notes

BOMB DEFENSE PLANNING
§ Bomb Incidents
§ The Bomb Threat
§ Rationale of Bomb Threats
§ A Note of Warning
§ Warning or Hoax?
§ Bomb Threat Decision-Making
§ Evacuation Options
§ Evacuation Procedures
§ Putting Out the Message
§ Planning Issues
§ Bomb Threats and the Police
§ The Bomb: Terrorist Weapon of Choice
§ Types of Bombers
§ Motivations of Bombers

HOSTAGE SITUATIONS
§ A Rare Occurrence
§ Who Takes Hostages?
§ Panic Reaction
§ Suicide by Cop
§ Why Hostages are Taken
§ The Magic Triangle
§ Munich, 1972
§ Deadlines
§ Killing on Deadline
§ Evaluation
§ Responsibilities of the First Responding Officers
§ The Mobilization Point
§ Location of the Mobilization Point
§ Decision-Makers
§ Evacuation
§ Keeping Track of People
§ Start Intelligence-Gathering
§ Inner Perimeter
§ Tactical Units
§ Communications
§ First-Response Review
§ Summary

KIDNAPPING
§ Kidnapping as a Weapon
§ Risks Involved
§ Differences between Hostage-Taking and Kidnapping
§ Uses of Kidnapping
§ Types of Kidnappers
§ Post-Cold War Political Kidnapping
§ During and After the U.S. Operation in Iraq
§ Private Industry's Role
§ The Police Role
§ Police Response to Residence or Workplace of Victim
§ Response to the Kidnap/Extortion Threat
§ "Do Not Contact the Police"
§ McKidnapping
§ Hoax
§ Prevention Tactics
§ What the Individual Can Do
§ Journalists Do Not Have Exemptions
§ What the Family Can Do
§ One Man's Ordeal
§ What the Corporation Can Do
§ On Becoming a Victim
§ Notes

THREAT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
§ A Long History
§ The Threat Today
§ Aum Shinrikyo Incident
§ U.S. Anthrax Attacks
§ Chemical and Biological Agents
§ Transmission of Infectious Agents
§ Chemical Agents
§ Common Nerve Agents
§ Blood Agents
§ Blistering (Mustard) Agents
§ Choking/Lung/Pulmonary Agents
§ Riot Control
§ Biological Agents
§ Common Terms Associated With Biological Agents
§ Common Biological Agents-Class A
§ Common Biological Agents-Class B
§ Common Biological Agents-Class C
§ Other Biological Agents
§ Nuclear Weapons
§ Common Terms Associated With Nuclear Weapons
§ Response to a WMD Incident
§ First Responders
§ Federal Assistance
DOMESTIC TERRORISM
§ Ecoterrorism
§ Other Ecoterror Group
§ Animal Rights Groups
§ GM Food Fight
§ Antiglobalism Groups
§ Abortion Clinic Violence
§ Cyber terrorism
§ Conclusion
§ Notes

BOMB INCIDENTS
§ The Mechanics
§ Search Overview
§ Building Searches
§ Exterior Searches
§ Interior Searches
§ Search Teams
§ Setting Up a Program
§ Alternative to Search Teams
§ Mechanics of the Search
§ Searching a Room
§ Common Bomb Placement Locations
§ Precaution
§ Vehicle Searches
§ Antipersonnel Car Bombs
§ Vehicle-Borne Explosive Devices
§ Aircraft Searches
§ Pre-Incident Executive Search
§ Explosive-Detection Canines
§ Suspected Packages
§ Identifying Improvised Explosive Devices
§ Explosives
§ Initiation Systems
§ Summary
§ Notes

HOSTAGE INCIDENTS
§ What is Involved
§ Communicating with the Hostage-Taker
§ The Making of a Hostage Incident
§ The Announcement
§ Reaction of Law Enforcement Professionals
§ The Application of Time
§ Criminal Role
§ Police Role
§ Containment
§ Evacuation and Intelligence
§ Why Police Do the Negotiating
§ Postincident Crisis Intervention Teams
§ Controlling the Environment
§ Dynamics of Hostage Negotiation
§ Words and Phrases
§ A Note on Weapons
§ Saying "No"
§ The Art of Negotiation
§ Courses of Action
§ The Surrender and Suicide Ritual
§ Thought Interruption
§ Never Take a Weapon from the Hand of a Surrendering Perpetrator
§ Special Qualifications

POST-BLAST ENVIRONMENT
§ Getting Back to Normal
§ The Incident
§ First Responders
§ Investigative Phase
§ Search Equipment
§ Establishing the Parameters of the Investigation
§ Preliminary Actions
§ Seat of the Explosion
§ Gathering Physical Evidence
§ Examining Fragments
§ Evidence Recovery
§ Physical Evidence
§ Postblast Investigation Process
§ Case Studies

HOSTAGE/KIDNAPPING AFTERMATH
§ The Dangers Involved
§ The Immediate Reaction of Victims
§ Long-Term Reactions
§ The Family
§ Police Handling of the Incident
§ The Stockholm Syndrome
§ Transference
§ When an Incident May End in the Use of Deadly Physical
Force
§ Ransom: To Pay or Not to Pay?
§ Making the Payoff
§ The Recovery
§ Victimology
§ Postincident Effects on Rescue Officers
INTERVIEWING VICTIMS, F. Ochberg
§ Intrusive Recollections
§ Emotional Anesthesia: Constricting Life Activity
§ Lowered Threshold for Anxiety and Arousal
§ PTSD Is Not Always the Same
§ Who Gets PTSD?
§ Other Difficulties
§ A Guide to Interviewing
§ Timing
§ Setting the Stage
§ Eliciting Emotion
§ Informed Consent
§ Stages of Response
§ The Humanitarian Role of the Investigator
§ Secondary Traumatic Stress Disorder
§ Notes

ROLE OF THE COMMANDER
§ Who's in Charge?
§ Preincident: Developing Guidelines
§ Makeup of the Team
§ Maintenance of Manpower and Equipment
§ Keeping Up-to-Date on New Developments and Strategies
§ Evaluate and Update
§ Liaisons with Other Agencies
§ During the Incident: Intelligence-Gathering
§ Evaluate Alternatives
§ Sharpshooter
§ Chemical Agents
§ Food
§ Alcohol and Drugs
§ Contain and Negotiate
§ Impact of the Event on the Public
§ Postincident Debriefing
§ Formal Debriefing
§ Evaluate New Developments and Outcomes
§ Case History: Russian Theater Takeover
§ Panic Reactions
§ Who
§ Negotiations at the Theater
§ Tactical Preparations
§ Continued Terrorism

THE COMMAND POST
§ The Nerve Center
§ Bomb Incident Command Post
§ Log and Situation Map
§ Equipment and Supplies
§ Communications
§ Concealment vs. Cover
§ Handling the Media
§ Counterterrorism Command Center

A CLOSER LOOK AT 9/11
§ Overview
§ World Trade Center Complex
§ The 1993 Attack
§ The 2001 Attacks
§ The Chain of Events
§ Composite - First Responders
§ Communication Capabilities
§ Emergency Response to the WTC Attack
§ Citywide Coverage Affected
§ Mutual Aid
§ Interdepartment Communication
§ Collapse of WTC-2
§ WTC-1 Collapse
§ World Trade Center Collapse Sequence
§ Washington, D.C., Attack
§ National Response
§ Critical Findings of the 9/11 Commission - New York City Attack
§ First Responders at the Pentagon Attack
§ National Recommendations
§ The Aftermath

APPENDIX A: GOVERNMENT SPONSORED TERRORISM

APPENDIX B: FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS (FTOs)

INDEX

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Titolo: The Counterterrorism Handbook: Tactics, ...
Casa editrice: CRC Press
Data di pubblicazione: 2005
Legatura: Hardcover
Condizione: Fair
Condizione sovraccoperta: No Jacket
Edizione: terza edizione